The Diplomacy of the United States: Being an Account of the Foreign Relations of the Country from ... 1778 To..1814 ...Wells & Lilly, 1826 - 379 pages |
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... AND COMMERCE , AND OF ALLI- ANCE OF 1778 , WITH FRANCE . Confederation little hopes , or means , of obtaining foreign assistance - Deane sent to France in '76 to obtain supplies- Page Remarkable letter of Vergennes - Franklin , Deane ,
... AND COMMERCE , AND OF ALLI- ANCE OF 1778 , WITH FRANCE . Confederation little hopes , or means , of obtaining foreign assistance - Deane sent to France in '76 to obtain supplies- Page Remarkable letter of Vergennes - Franklin , Deane ,
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... letter of Vergennes - Franklin , Deane , and Jef- ferson elected Commissioners in '76 -Jefferson excused from going - Lee chosen in his place - Not officially received- Alarming situation - France disposed to withdraw all succour -News ...
... letter of Vergennes - Franklin , Deane , and Jef- ferson elected Commissioners in '76 -Jefferson excused from going - Lee chosen in his place - Not officially received- Alarming situation - France disposed to withdraw all succour -News ...
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... letter - Spain avoids the coalition -Strives to reconcile France and England - Fails -- Declares war against England in '79 -Jay sent to Spain -- Officially re- ceived - Makes no Treaty - Important instructions -- Gardo- qui , Spanish ...
... letter - Spain avoids the coalition -Strives to reconcile France and England - Fails -- Declares war against England in '79 -Jay sent to Spain -- Officially re- ceived - Makes no Treaty - Important instructions -- Gardo- qui , Spanish ...
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... letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace , nor enter into any treaties or alliances , nor coin money , nor regulate the value thereof , nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and wel- fare of the United ...
... letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace , nor enter into any treaties or alliances , nor coin money , nor regulate the value thereof , nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and wel- fare of the United ...
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... letter of his Sovereign , which shall be read and translated by the Secretary of Congress . Then the Minister shall be announced , at which time the President , the House , and the Minister shall rise together . The Minister shall then ...
... letter of his Sovereign , which shall be read and translated by the Secretary of Congress . Then the Minister shall be announced , at which time the President , the House , and the Minister shall rise together . The Minister shall then ...
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Page 167 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Page 38 - Contracting parties, although the whole lading or any part thereof should appertain to the enemies of either, Contraband goods being always excepted. It is also agreed in like manner that the same liberty be extended to persons who are on board a free ship, with this effect that although they be enemies to both or either party, they are not to be taken out of that free Ship, unless they are officers or soldiers and in the actual service of the enemies...
Page 111 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states.
Page 8 - STATES, and to consist of one delegate from each state; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction...
Page 166 - Woods; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude...
Page 166 - Lawrence : comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Page 167 - ... all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America; and that the American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled...
Page 4 - States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine states assent to the same...
Page 59 - And I do hereby also make known, that whosoever of the citizens of the United States shall render himself liable to punishment or forfeiture under the law of nations, by committing, aiding, or abetting hostilities against any of the said powers, or by carrying to any of them those articles, which are deemed contraband by the modern usage of nations...
Page 111 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted, as soon as possible, according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.